refactor(backend): sanitize user input before logging to close CRLF injection (#807)

* refactor(backend): sanitize user input before logging to close CRLF injection

Adds a small sanitizeForLog helper that strips CR, LF, tab, and ASCII
control characters (0x00-0x1F, 0x7F) from a value before it is embedded
in a console.log/warn/error/debug call. Wraps every call site where a
user-controlled value (req.params, req.body, req.query, or a value
derived from them) flows into a log message.

Closes the bulk of the open CodeQL alerts in this family:
- 96 js/log-injection
- 28 js/tainted-format-string

The helper is in backend/src/utils/safeLog.ts. Routes still pre-validate
input at the request boundary; this is the second line of defense and
gives static analyzers a sanitizer they can trace through. JSON
responses, Docker filter labels, and other non-log call sites are
intentionally left unwrapped.

* refactor(backend): printf-style format strings for tainted-log call sites

CodeQL's js/tainted-format-string rule flags template literals in the first
arg of console.X when any interpolated value is user-controlled, regardless
of whether each value is sanitized inline. The canonical mitigation is to
use a static format string and pass values as positional args.

Converts the 28 flagged template literals to printf-style ("%s") format
strings, with sanitizeForLog applied to each positional arg. Also fills in
the log-injection wraps on 9 sites where a user-controlled value was
missed in the first sweep (agents, fleet, gitSources, imageUpdates,
GitSourceService).

No behavior change at runtime. Node's util.format substitutes %s tokens
identically to template-literal interpolation.

* fix(backend): wrap nodeId/snapshotId in fleet restore debug log

CodeQL flagged the unwrapped numeric args even though they cannot
contain control chars in practice. Apply the sanitizer for taint-flow
recognition.
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2026-04-27 10:47:23 -04:00
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { BCRYPT_SALT_ROUNDS, MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH } from '../helpers/constants';
import { isDebugEnabled } from '../utils/debug';
import { getErrorMessage, isSqliteUniqueViolation } from '../utils/errors';
import { parseIntParam } from '../utils/parseIntParam';
import { sanitizeForLog } from '../utils/safeLog';
const USERS_SCOPE_MESSAGE = 'API tokens cannot access user management.';
const VALID_USER_ROLES: UserRole[] = ['admin', 'viewer', 'deployer', 'node-admin', 'auditor'];
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ usersRouter.post('/', authMiddleware, async (req: Request, res: Response): Promi
const passwordHash = await bcrypt.hash(password, BCRYPT_SALT_ROUNDS);
const id = db.addUser({ username, password_hash: passwordHash, role });
console.log('[Users] Created:', username, 'role:', role, 'by:', req.user!.username);
console.log('[Users] Created:', sanitizeForLog(username), 'role:', sanitizeForLog(role), 'by:', sanitizeForLog(req.user!.username));
res.status(201).json({ id, username, role });
} catch (error) {
console.error('[Users] Create error:', error);
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ usersRouter.post('/:id/roles', authMiddleware, (req: Request, res: Response): vo
try {
const id = db.addRoleAssignment({ user_id: userId, role, resource_type, resource_id });
console.log('[Roles] Assigned', role, 'on', resource_type, resource_id, 'to user', userId, 'by:', req.user!.username);
console.log('[Roles] Assigned', sanitizeForLog(role), 'on', sanitizeForLog(resource_type), sanitizeForLog(resource_id), 'to user', userId, 'by:', sanitizeForLog(req.user!.username));
res.status(201).json({ id, user_id: userId, role, resource_type, resource_id });
} catch (err: unknown) {
if (isSqliteUniqueViolation(err)) {